Knight in armour from the 15th century with shield and helmet.
Knight in armour from the 15th century with shield and helmet. Gravestone of Martin Leinsheim, died 1434, a Furspanger, member of the Order of the Buckle founded by Emperor Karl IV in 1355. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 18th Century," Frankfurt, 1883. IIlustration drawn by Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by CR, and published by Heinrich Keller. Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German archeologist, art historian and illustrator. He was director of the Bavarian National Museum from 1868 until 1886.
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